Has anybody ever hacked your email?

[Gandalf]

This is a quite serious thread. I tried logging into my Yahoo account a number of days ago, but found my password wasn't working. I thought it was a glitch and changed my password. But it happened several times. I tried changing my security questions, it didn't help. I lost my password and then Yahoo asked me my original questions. I tried wrestling with the hacker but they beat me everytime and I eventually deleted my email. I had to do it after weird emails were sent to friends of mine, I clearly didn't write them and was not actually home at the point of being sent.

So my question is, have you ever experienced this before?

[generalbulldog]

No, because I'm not a stupid cunt. The end.

[Youngblood]

$20 and I give it back. You got paypal?

[Spicoli]

Shalom

[Youngblood]

Shalom

lol it took me a couple of times seeing this before I got it. Brilliant actually.

[boozeboxer]

I still do not "get it."

[0james0]

I get many spam emails from clients of mine, I have hundreds if not thousands of client email addresses now and every so often I'll get a spam email from one of them about some sort of shop.

It seems the only way to stop it is to change your password to something very strong. Mix up capitals and numbers. Once it's changed, the junk emails stop.

Some tech guy said generally they arent in there reading your mail, it's an automated bot system that sends emails from another program as you.

I use the same passwords for everything, but emails etc, ultra tough passwords.

[Gandalf]

I get many spam emails from clients of mine, I have hundreds if not thousands of client email addresses now and every so often I'll get a spam email from one of them about some sort of shop.

It seems the only way to stop it is to change your password to something very strong. Mix up capitals and numbers. Once it's changed, the junk emails stop.

Some tech guy said generally they arent in there reading your mail, it's an automated bot system that sends emails from another program as you.

I use the same passwords for everything, but emails etc, ultra tough passwords.

In my situation this person sent a hate email. Actually, no it was another after I decided to fight the hacker. This person had a personal agenda against me.

I wouldn't mind if it was nothing, but to get evil with someone I know?

[0james0]

That is odd, it was obviously a targeted attack then.

Changing your email account is probably a blessing in disguise anyway. Bit like changing your phone number, you worry at first at a massive inconvenience, but then actually it turns our no one cares!

[Youngblood]

post the hate e-mail miles. copy and paste that bitch up in here then we can detective work it.